Robert A.M. Stern Architects 

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

A dramatic triple-height light-flooded atrium serves as the heart of Farrell Hall at the Wake Forest University School of Business, connecting the building's three levels and providing a grand yet informal collaborative interior space. Facing the historic central campus, three red-brick-clad limestone-trimmed facades with columned entry porticos carry forward the Georgian campus's character, established by Jens Fredrick Larson in 1956. Farrell Hall accommodates both the undergraduate and graduate programs of the School of Business with 130,000-square-feet of student areas, classrooms, faculty offices, and a 350-seat auditorium.